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Billionaire and insulter of farmers Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the upcoming Democratic presidential debate, marking the first time he’ll stand alongside the rivals for another Democratic debate promising to be even less watchable than the last.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll published Tuesday shows Bloomberg with 19{bc2bcc85350f6f15d74c6fbd77a2da4ba0be0e16eb03dd11b864615433c1c020} support nationally among Democrats. 0{bc2bcc85350f6f15d74c6fbd77a2da4ba0be0e16eb03dd11b864615433c1c020} of that 19{bc2bcc85350f6f15d74c6fbd77a2da4ba0be0e16eb03dd11b864615433c1c020} are farmers, incidentally.

The former New York City mayor and lover of “Big Gay Ice Cream,” who launched his presidential campaign in November, will appear in Wednesday’s debate in Las Vegas alongside former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Fellow billionaire and philanthropist Tom Steyer is still fruitlessly hoping to qualify.

Bloomberg’s campaign said that it was seeing ‘a groundswell of support across the country’ (19{bc2bcc85350f6f15d74c6fbd77a2da4ba0be0e16eb03dd11b864615433c1c020} of Democrats ONLY) and that qualifying for Wednesday’s debate ‘is the latest sign that Mike’s plan and ability to defeat Donald Trump is resonating with more Americans.’” It’s either that or proof positive that plowing millions upon millions of your dollars into a doomed presidential campaign can make a solid difference.

The Chicks on the Right offered a very special message of hope and love to Mr. Bloomberg on Tuesday’s program. 

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